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    Posted: January 24 2007 at 4:20pm
 
im seeing plenty of scattered threads with problems that ive never heard before or experienced we need to come together and share our experiences/ solutions : dry hair, split ends, flat ironing tips and solutions-  come on napturals bring it all!! 
 
 we need a s.o.s chapter to go to when we need it to avoid searching all over for ideas we missed Shocked.


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"A rose is still and always will be a rose"~Aretha Franklin.* Remember beauty is in the eyes of the beholder*
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PG since ur a junior member already can you or how do you keep a thread as a sticky note in the first few post?  Do u know?
"A rose is still and always will be a rose"~Aretha Franklin.* Remember beauty is in the eyes of the beholder*
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I am only transitioning but I was wondering if anyone else is seeing knots at the ends of their hair...like knots on a single strand. TIA
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Hey... Concerning the first question, I am not sure how to keep threads as a sticky, but something says it has to be made a sticky by an Administrator.  As far as knots in your hair are concerned, HECK YES!  And most times, they don't go away, unless you or someone else want to sit down and pick out every knot with a needle, just to have them come back.  It's just something about curly hair, I'd say.  Oh well, I just deal, it's not too much of a big deal. Wink
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I get knots, they are hard to avoid. They come with the territory and if you trim them out than you trim above them.
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Thanks for the advise cmesweet & pickledgeuse, I didn't start seeing them till I returned to flat ironing...I was trying everything to avoid them but oh well I will just cut them off if I see anymore.
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hi ladies sorry for my late response,im all over campus :(
i get knots too but not as often to the point where im losing hair or concerned. i use a detangling comb on my partially damp hair and its ok.
 
I would really love to see a refernece or a sticky up for naturals, is there a administrator among us, so  i can pm for help?
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I find that detangling, keeping the moisturised and trimming regularly helps keep my ends good. I went through a phase of not trimming regularly and then all of a sudden it just creeps up on you and you have to trim an inch!
 
My dilemma is how to you guys style your hair after washing?
 
I currently just put it in about 6-8 plaits (I find that twists often mean more detangling once my hair dries), or 5 large canerows going back.  Does anyone air dry in rollersets?


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I'm sure many people, including myself have air dried in roller sets.  I find it even more difficult to do when you're natural because the hair has to lie flat.  I know what you mean by trimming regularly.  Every time I turn around I see a split end.  I think I'm going to go back to using Mango Butter ..I have tried it on my natural hair just yet.  As far as styling natural hair after washing, girl, I don't freaking know!.. Throughout my transition, I find myself having messed up hair.  But since i'm so dedicated to have natural hair.. I don't care.  Some weeks I may straighten it, and it looks really nice if I haven't put heat on it for a minute.  I guess the rollersets take time and patience.  
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Yea, it's hard...I airdry in plaits/twist and then I have to face a big fro', but I don't want to get used to heat...I might try air drying in rollersets for a while to de-volumise my ultra thick hair.
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I know what you mean.  I just wash & go, even though it looks a mess because a lot my hair hasn't reverted.  I think it's going to take a while for it to all revert to my natural texture, since I blow dried and flat ironed for a few weeks..Anyways, I was thinking today ..if a natural who is extremely curly hair doesn't detangle once in awhile, can her hair dread up?
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Maybe not quite dread up but it may get matted or just be hell detangle when you eventually do.
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My hair definetly grows outward lol so I can't wear it out curly right now...I plan to airdry in the summer when I can conwash/detangle often so that it doesn't get matted. But when I did conwash I put it in a bun or added a phony pony tail. Right now I am blowdrying the roots straight and flat ironing the length. HTH
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In the summer, I do wash n go puffs.  My hair is getting bigger and I hope I can still do this during the upcoming summer because it get tangled so fast. I might just detangle sooner than once a week in the summer.
 
In the winter, right after I wash I make big plaits and keep the towel on my hair for a while. I wait until it is partially dry and make small braids or twists. Sometimes I make designs or either make frenchrolls and other protective styles out of my braids and twists so that they will not rub on my clothes
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Does anyone here do henna treatments and if so what do you condition with afterwards, I'm wondering if the ORS Replenishing Pak will be too much.
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about split ends i just trimmed my hair last night i used the twist technique: i twist sections and trimmed only the ends.  this was my first trim since i went natural in 05 ( i have a few inches of relaxer)
It felt good to get rid of the relaxed ends(some of it at least)  I was inspire by a book called Textured Tresses By Diane Dacosta  a great read for any type of hair but mostly naturals she stated that Sistahs love to hold on to their hair wether damaged or not; i agree, after going natural i was so determined to see healthy hair.
 In this book she gave a few indian, african and asian recipes to stimulate hair growth as well a doing a steam treatment ( i learned another way to treat my hair!!) she sugests using shea butter to prevent split ends from riding up the  hair shaft
any who thats the power of reading
 
how do you keep your natural ends healthy, and do you  trim regularly?
do you believe that naptural glories need reg. trims?
 
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.. Well as much as I don't want to, I trim every 8 weeks or so. For some reason I end up getting some nasty split ends, and that just ticks me off. I'll go as long as I can, but if my ends start looking a mess, IT'S TIME TO CHOP! I don't think no one needs trims if their ends are in tact and on point. Sometimes maybe a little dusting just to keep it nice and neat, but otherwise I say, just let it grow. PS: I can't keep my ends healthy for nothing, unless I just leave them alone, trim, and give them moisture.   All of the relaxed ends won't quit splitting. -- I've never used Shea Butter on my hair before. I need to get a new moisturizer!
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ORS Olive Oil Lotion is a good moisturiser and shea butter on the ends or hair for that matter is great.
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